The second life of Miriel West. Skenandor A.

Exciting story about the courage, stamina and rethinking of life, the action of which takes place in Los Angeles of the 20s of the 20th century, is based on the real story about the only colony in America for the lepers.

when the doctor diagnoses the leprosy The rich and egocentric secular lioness Miriel West, she believes that this is just a mistake. After all, such a disease is found only on the pages of books or magazines! But her life is changing overnight: she is taken from her husband, small daughters and deprived of all the amenities that she is used to.

At first she hopes that her exile will be short -lived, but those who were sent to Carville - Leprozoria In Louisian, - rather prisoners than patients. Now she must find a new goal in these walls, struggling with an unreasonable fate.

she has to go through all the stages of the inevitable - from denial to acceptance, gaining new experience and change. Indeed, even in the most gloomy circumstances there is light and life.

Life of Mille West collapsed at one moment. Doctors make her a disappointing diagnosis - leprosy. The poor disease in the 1920s could also enter the snow-white skin of the inhabitants of Hollywood-such as Mirell. She changes her surname, leaves her husband and two children and moves to the village town of Carville to Louisiana.

The local leprosorius turns out to be not only a place of treatment, but also a final stop for many patients. MIRELL is hard to get used to life in gloomy and ascetic conditions similar to prison. But over time, a woman learns to appreciate the little, see the main thing and love what you can’t buy for any money.